“The only thing that they’re gonna have a problem with is supply disruption,” he said on the latest episode of the Bonus Round. “Those one million pre-orders that they talked about, which I understand is now up to 1.5 million, that’s a lot of consoles. That tells you that there’s not going to be a lot of boxes behind the first million and a half, so there are going to be supply shortages.” In other words: if you haven’t already pre-ordered, you could be waiting a long time.

Nevertheless, as the Japanese giant has iterated on multiple occasions, this is a good problem to have – and Pachter believes that the firm has been faultless with its next generation plans. “[Sony's] been pretty flawless so far,” he exclaimed, comparing the company’s position to Microsoft. “Everything that they’ve said about PSN has been pretty flawless, and it sounds like there’s value for the cost [of the PS4].”

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Sony deserves this, since February they've been hitting homeruns - especially Shuhei. I remember earlier in the year when they said that they'd learned from their mistakes with the PS3 and how much so many people doubted them, but they've proven that they have learned and are doing everything they can to make the PS4 a success.

@divinelite Show some school spirit, nerd! I still use my $600 1st gen 60 gb. Sure, it had a $150 YLOD in '11, but after Sony put contemporary thermals in and I spent another $80 1tb hdd, and another $30 for a fan, it's good to go for a long-assed time. Right in time for the next gen :[ ...My point is that they didn't make PS4 anything like 3 and we'll all be all right this gen. Hopefully...